The Centre told the Supreme Court that budgetary allocations had been made to set up a specialised central institutional mechanism to block and curb sharing of sexual offence videos on social networking platforms to check cybercrimes.

A Bench of Justices M.B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit asked the government to specify the structure and functions of the agency or the institution sought to be created.

Chikkapadasalgi barrage to supply water

The Chikkapadasalgi barrage built by farmers with their own contribution is full and supply water for farming and also drinking water needs of numerous villages

Bagalkot and Vijayapura districts face acute water shortage during summers & were depended on Maharashtra for water

The barrage is located in Karnataka.It will supply water to over 70000 acres of land in 21 villages.

India moves to No.2 in T20 rankings

India has gained a spot by virtue of their series win against England to climb to the second spot in the team rankings

Kohli is ranked second in Tests and third in ODIs which makes him the only Indian batsman in top five across all formats.

Jasprit Bumrah also maintained his second position in the bowlers’ table with a four-point difference between him and Imran Tahir.

China tests new missile

China has tested successfully a new version of a missile Dongfeng-5C missile which can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads from the Taiyuan Space Launch Centre in Shanxi province

It is an intercontinental ballistic missile that first went into service in the early 1980’s.

Lakshya Sen reaches World No.1 in BWF

Young shuttler Lakshya Sen from Uttarakhand achieved the World No. 1 ranking in the latest BWF World junior ranking.

The 15-year-old prodigy, who won the bronze medal at Junior Asian Championships and clinched the All India Senior Ranking Tournament at Arunachal Pradesh last year, jumped one place to reach the numero uno status.

Prakash Padukone is his coach.

Apple to make iPhones in India

Apple will soon have `Made in India’ iPhones, and they will come out of a factory in Bengaluru.